Getting A Custom Paint Job?

[Dispatch]

Is going to a board shaper the only place you can get a board a custom paint job or are there any commercial companies that you can order an 'off the shelf' board during production with one?

[kitesurfer]

Boards can be sprayed using a water based acylic paint after they have been shaped and glassed by any artist. You just need to cover their work once done with an acylic laquer.

KS

[Louise-L]

Make sure you go to someone reputable... I made that mistake and my board looks like some dog puked on it I bought my longy from a hire shop, he'd had it in a few weeks but nobody was hiring it (it's huge) so he sold it to me pretty cheap. He said he'd sort it out with a nice custom paint job before we picked it up and asked what I wanted. Well, I picked it up and it looked like some kinda tie-dye job with patterns drawn on with a felt-tip pen. I had to strip it down and it looks kind of ok now.

[surf patrol]

lol Louise, a lesson for everyone.

[Louise-L]

lol Louise, a lesson for everyone.

Yes! rides brilliantly so I guess it doesn't matter how it looks... still, I looked a right idiot coming out of the surf with it under my arm.

[surf patrol]

And that's what's important (the riding right and not the looking like an idiot )